Here’s my appearance on WAMC discussing this story. Today’s A1 story: Two-thirds of the students who enroll in the State University of New York finish within six years, one of the highest graduation rates for any public university system in the nation. However, a closer look at graduation rates for the entire system shows uneven […]
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The state now considers less than a third of the students in third through eighth grade proficient in math and English, according to standardized test results released Wednesday. Just 31 percent of students statewide passed the math and English tests. Last year, the number was 55 percent in reading and 65 percent in math. Among black students, […]
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From my Campus Notebook column: Disruptive innovation. Bold new partnership. Taking success to the next level. Those are some of the reasons State University of New York officials gave for splitting off the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering from the University at Albany. The deal purportedly benefits both schools, but if you’re scratching your head […]
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